"I Left Something Turned on at Home" went to No. 1 on Canada's country chart. All but one of his studio albums have received gold or platinum certification in the United States; his highest-selling to date is 2005's Songs About Me, which has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum for shipping two million copies. Adkins is widely known for his distinctive bass-baritone singing voice.[1][2]

In addition, Adkins has written an autobiography entitled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Free-Thinking Roughneck, which was released in late 2007. He has appeared in numerous films, including The Lincoln Lawyer, Moms' Night Out and I Can Only Imagine.

Adkins was born in Sarepta, Louisiana. His paternal grandparents were Rayford D. Adkins (1921-1987) and the former Mavis Giles, later Mavis Tilley (1923-1999). His parents are the former Peggy Carraway, who was the high school sweetheart of his father, Aaron Doyle Adkins (1942-2014), who worked for forty-seven years at International Paper Container Division in Springhill.[3] Adkins has two brothers, Clay Adkins, and Scott Devin Adkins (1971-1993), who died at age twenty-one in a pickup truck accident near Plain Dealing in Bossier Parish.[4] His maternal uncle was the Christian musician James W. Carraway (1923–2008).[5][6] His musical interest came at an early age when his father taught him to play the guitar.[7]

At Sarepta High School, since defunct, Adkins joined a gospel music group called the New Commitments. He was also a member of the FFA. Later, Adkins attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. A walk-onoffensive lineman on the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team, Adkins left the team after his freshman season due to a knee injury, without ever playing in a game.[8]:26[9][10] Adkins never graduated. After leaving college, he worked at an oil rig. He also worked as a pharmacy technician before pursuing a career in music. He lost the pinky finger on his left hand in an accident using a knife to open a bucket, and asked doctors to reattach the finger at an angle so that he could continue to play guitar.[7] Adkins moved to playing in honky tonk bars for the next few years in the Ark-La-Tex area and eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in the early 1990s. In late-1994 Adkins met Rhonda Forlaw, who was an executive at Arista Records Nashville. Forlaw had numerous music industry friends come out to hear Adkins over the next few years. Scott Hendricks of Capitol Nashville signed him "on the spot" one night while Adkins was playing at Tillie and Lucy's bar in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.

Adkins' first single, "There's a Girl in Texas", was released in 1996, reaching the Top 20 on the BillboardHot Country Singles & Tracks charts. It was followed by the release of his debut album, Dreamin' Out Loud, later that year. The album produced several hit singles, including his first Top 5 single, "Every Light in the House", his first Number One in "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing", and another Top 5 hit in "I Left Something Turned on at Home". The latter single was also a Number One hit in Canada. His second album, Big Time, produced a Top 5 in "The Rest of Mine", but subsequent singles proved less successful.[7] A change in management delayed the release of Adkins' third album,[11] but the album (titled More...) was eventually released in late 1999. Although the album's title track reached Top 10, More... failed to achieve gold status. Adkins daughter, Mackenzie, was featured in the "More" video.

In 2001, Adkins was injured in a tractor accident and had to temporarily cancel touring.[12] Shortly after the release of his Chrome album, he entered a 28-day alcohol rehabilitation program in Nashville.[13]Chrome was his first album to reach the Top 5 on the country albums charts; its title track reached Top 10 in late 2002.[7]

In 2003, Adkins released two albums—a Greatest Hits collection and Comin' on Strong.[7] The same year, he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.[14] He also made appearances as the center square on the game show Hollywood Squares,[15] and did voice-overs in commercials for fast-food chain KFC.[16] Only one single, "Then They Do", was released from this Greatest Hits compilation. This album, which succeeded the Greatest Hits collection, produced two singles: the Top 5 single "Hot Mama" and "Rough & Ready", which peaked at No. 13.

2006 saw the release of Adkins' seventh studio album, Dangerous Man. "Swing", the album's lead-off single, peaked at No. 20, while the follow-up "Ladies Love Country Boys" became Adkins' second Number One single on the country charts and his first since "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" in 1997. Adkins daughter, Brianna, was featured in the "Ladies Love Country Boys" video. The album's final release, "I Wanna Feel Something", proved unsuccessful on the charts; as a result, Adkins announced that he would stop supporting the single.

In August 2007, Adkins released a single entitled "I Got My Game On".[18] Originally, the song was planned to be the lead-off to a new album, tentatively titled Game On; however, Adkins decided not to release a full album, and instead released his second Greatest Hits compilation, American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II, for which "I Got My Game On" served as the lead-off single.[19] The album has also produced Adkins' fastest-climbing single to date in its second single, "You're Gonna Miss This".[20] "You're Gonna Miss This" has also become his third Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs, as well as the most successful single to date on the Billboard Hot 100 (#12), Billboard Pop 100 (#19), and Hot Digital Songs charts (#8).

Adkins released his first book, entitled A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Free-Thinking Roughneck.[21]

In 2008, Adkins released the single "Muddy Water," the lead single from X, which was released on November 25. The video for "Muddy Water" has an appearance by fellow Celebrity Apprentice competitor Stephen Baldwin as a man being baptized in a muddy river, and later approaching Adkins as a friend. It reached the Top 30 on the country charts, peaking at number 22. "Marry for Money" and "All I Ask For Anymore" were released as the album's second and third singles, and both peaked at No. 14 on the country charts.

In November 2008, Adkins made an appearance at the Macy's' Thanksgiving Day Parade. He rode with his family on the "Jimmy Dean" float and performed his popular song "You're Gonna Miss This". In 2009, Adkins appeared in local Kansas City commercials to advertise season tickets and the 50th season of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs.

Adkins recorded a duet with country legend Ronnie Milsap called "My First Ride" to benefit fire-fighters and police officers in the U.S. and Canada. Then, after the song's release the label said 'no' to radio stations playing it with no explanation given. Milsap led a protest at Capitol Records to "Free Trace" and allow the song to be played.

In November 2009, Adkins embarked on the Shine All Night Tour, a co-headling venture with fellow country artist Martina McBride. Also in 2009, he recorded a duet with Blake Shelton titled "Hillbilly Bone", which was released as the lead-off single from Shelton's upcoming sixth album. On October 18, 2009, Adkins made an appearance on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to help Ty Pennington and his design team build a new home for the Marshall family.

Adkins' first single with the label, "This Ain't No Love Song", was released on May 17, 2010, and served as the lead-off single to his ninth studio album, Cowboy's Back In Town. It debuted at No. 54 on the chart for the week of May 29, 2010. The album's second single "Brown Chicken, Brown Cow" released to country radio on January 10, 2011.[citation needed]

Two men in a small Dodge pickup truck lost their lives after crashing into one of Trace Adkins' tour buses on February 13, 2010. The truck was believed to have crossed the "no passing" line in the center of the road which resulted in the crash. Several members of Adkins' band were aboard the bus, but were not seriously injured. Adkins himself was not on board the bus at the time.[24] On October 10, 2010, Adkins sang the National Anthem at Dallas Cowboys Stadium.[citation needed]

On December 18, 2010, Adkins performed at WWE's annual extravaganza Tribute To The Troops to amazing reception by the soldiers in attendance.[25] He appeared once again on the May 13, 2011, episode of SmackDown live from Nashville, Tennessee, as the special member of the WWE audience.

In March 2011, Adkins released "Just Fishin" which featured his youngest daughter, Trinity, in the video which was shot at their farm. The song reached #6 on Billboard. On June 4, 2011, at approximately 3:35pm, Adkins' home in Brentwood, Tennessee burned down.[26] On October 20, 2011, Adkins sang the National Anthem at game 2 of the 2011 World Series in St. Louis.[citation needed]

Mulkey's sister arranged a phone call in December 2011 between the singer and coach, during which Kim Mulkey invited him to sing at Baylor's home game against Connecticut;[28] Adkins, unable to attend, arranged to perform the National Anthem at the Lady Bears' February 2012 home game against the Texas A&M Aggies.[29]

In March 2012, Adkins visited the Lady Bears while on tour in Kansas City to encourage them before their NCAA Championships semi-final match; the team attended one of his concerts later that week.[30]

Adkins released a new album, Love Will..., on May 14, 2013. The album's first single, "Watch the World End", was released to country radio on May 13, 2013. In September 2013 it was announced that he was no longer on the Showdog roster according to the official website.[citation needed]

On April 6, 2015, it was announced that Adkins had signed with Broken Bow Records, under the Wheelhouse imprint.[34] In August 2015, Broken Bow announced that Adkins was one of the first artists signed to the label's new imprint, Wheelhouse Records.[35] His first single for the label was "Jesus and Jones", which was released to country radio on January 18, 2016 and peaked at number 41 on the Country Airplay chart. "Lit" was released to country radio on July 25, 2016, though it failed to chart. Both singles are on the album Something's Going On, which was released on March 31, 2017 via Wheelhouse Records, and its title track became a video.

On July 4, 2016, Adkins made a surprise appearance at his hometown Independence Day celebration in Sarepta, Louisiana. He joined on stage the Backbeat Boogie Band with several unrehearsed songs.[36]

Adkins started hosting his own SiriusXM radio show on March 15, 2015, a weekly countdown of Billboard's Top 30 country songs from the same week the show is airing, but from a different year. The Throwback 30 show plays on SiriusXM Y2Kountry.[37]

Adkins was a January–March 2008 contestant on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice.[19] Each celebrity contestant was playing for donations to their selected charity. Adkins played for the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network. Adkins chose the charity because his daughter suffers from life-threatening reactions to peanuts, milk and eggs. Ultimately, he was the runner-up of that season, losing to Piers Morgan.

Adkins returned for the All-Stars version of The All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. He was project manager for his team, Plan B, in the first task, which was to sell meatballs and won $670,072, a Celebrity Apprentice record for a first task, for his charity The American Red Cross. Together with Vegas illusionist Penn Jillette, he made it to the finals again (becoming the first and only person in the history of the show to do so), where Adkins won and became The All-Star Celebrity Apprentice. He also broke the record for the highest amount of money raised for his charity by any one person in the history of the show, with $1,524,072 raised for the American Red Cross.

As a youth, Adkins was in an automobile accident in which his 1975 pickup truck rear ended a school bus. He broke some ribs and his nose was partially torn off. Adkins was forced to give up college football after a severe knee injury at Louisiana Tech. He has also experienced a number of serious injuries as an adult, including being shot by his second ex-wife in 1994.[41] The bullet went through his heart and both lungs. He survived and chose not to press charges.[42]

In early 2014, Adkins checked into rehabilitation for alcoholism after getting into an altercation on a cruise ship.[43] In March 2014, Trace Adkins and his wife Rhonda filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.[44] Rhonda dismissed her divorce petition in June 2015. As of August 2016, no judgment for divorce has been entered and the couple remain married.[45]

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USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
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USS Abraham Lincoln is the fifth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. It is the second Navy ship to have named after former President Abraham Lincoln. Its home port is Norfolk, Virginia, and it is a member of the United States Atlantic Fleet. It is administratively responsible to Commander, Naval Air Forces Atlantic and it is currently undergoing a four-year Refueling and Complex Overhaul process. Abraham Lincolns contract was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding on 27 December 1982, its keel was laid 3 November 1984 at Newport News, the ship was launched on 13 February 1988 and commissioned on 11 November 1989. It cost $4.726 billion in 2010 dollars, Abraham Lincoln was transferred to the Pacific in September 1990 performing Gringo-Gaucho with the Argentine Naval Aviation during its transit. From 4 October, Abraham Lincoln formed CTG24.8 in company with USS Doyle,6 October transit with USS Pawcatuck and its maiden Western Pacific deployment came unexpectedly on 28 May 1991 in response to Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. The ship had the staffs of Commander, Carrier Group Three, Rear Admiral Timothy W. Wright and it was accompanied by a seven-ship battle group. While heading towards the Indian Ocean, the ship was diverted to support operations after Mount Pinatubo erupted on Luzon Island in the Philippines. In support of Operation Fiery Vigil, Abraham Lincoln led a 23-ship armada that moved over 45,000 people from the Subic Bay Naval Station to the port of Cebu in the Visayas and it was the largest peacetime evacuation of active military personnel and their families in history. After Fiery Vigil, Abraham Lincoln steamed toward the Persian Gulf, to run reconnaissance and combat air patrols in Iraq and Kuwait, assisting allied, in early 1992, the ship was at Naval Air Station Alameda on Ships Restricted Availability for minor maintenance and refitting. From June 1993 Abraham Lincoln was the flagship of Commander, Carrier Group Three, in October 1993, the carrier was ordered to the coast of Somalia to assist UN humanitarian operations. For four weeks, Abraham Lincoln flew air patrols over Mogadishu in support of Operation Restore Hope, Abraham Lincoln was to be the first Pacific Fleet carrier to integrate female aviators into the crew after the Combat Exclusion Laws were lifted on 28 April 1993. The ship left San Diego on 24 October 1994, to begin refresher training, the next day, Lieutenant Kara Spears Hultgreen, first female F-14 Tomcat pilot, died when her plane crashed into the sea. Her plane lost hydraulic control as she made her final approach and she aborted her landing to the best of her ability in an effort to prevent a collision into the aft end of the ship and the plane inverted and went into the ocean. Radar intercept officer Lieutenant Matthew Klemish ejected safely from the plane and was rescued from the water minutes later, but Hultgreen, who ejected seconds after Klemish, fell straight into the ocean and was killed. Her body, still strapped in the seat, was discovered 19 days later. Abraham Lincolns third deployment began in April 1995 when Abraham Lincoln was sent to the Persian Gulf, Abraham Lincoln was able to continue on with its mission while Sacramento had to dock at Jebel Ali, U. A. E. for several weeks for repair

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Sarepta, Louisiana
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Sarepta is a town in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 925 at the 2000 census and it is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area. Sarepta was named for the towns first churchs benefactor, Sarepta Carter, local history tells that Mrs. Carter donated a Bible to the community church on the premise that it be named for her. Years later the church split, and the name became Old Sarepta. The new congregation became New Sarepta, Sarepta is located at 32°53′51″N 93°26′58″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 1.6 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 925 people,369 households, the population density was 576.1 people per square mile. There were 411 housing units at a density of 256.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 96. 65% White,2. 05% African American,0. 11% Native American,0. 86% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 62% of the population. 24. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.98. In the town, the population was out with 25. 3% under the age of 18,7. 9% from 18 to 24,28. 1% from 25 to 44,20. 8% from 45 to 64. The median age was 37 years, for every 100 females there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males, the median income for a household in the town was $32,917, and the median income for a family was $39,083. Males had an income of $31,776 versus $21,250 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,945, about 5. 7% of families and 9. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8. 4% of those under age 18 and 13. 4% of those age 65 or over. Sarepta has a 6th-8th grade school, North Webster Jr, High School, located at 6041 Hwy 2. The schools mascot is the Charger, the colors are purple, silver, and black. Formerly Sarepta High School, North Webster Jr, High School was formed during consolidation in 2011

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Springhill, Louisiana
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Springhill is a city in northernmost Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,279 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 160 since 2000, Springhill is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area though it is thirty miles north of Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish. The Springhill population is 34 percent African American, compared to 25 percent minority in 2000, the 1979 film Five Days from Home, which was directed by and starred George Peppard, was filmed primarily in Springhill. Peppards third wife, Sherry Boucher, is a Springhill native, her father, Jesse L. Boucher was a businessman, Webster Parish was first permanently settled about 1818 near Overton south of the parish seat of Minden. According to genealogical findings, William Farmer, Samuel Monzingo, J. A. Byrnes and these settlers formed an area that was initially referred to informally as Piney Woods. The town that is today Springhill was finally incorporated in 1902, taylor, who followed a year thereafter by B. D. Wilson. Peter Modisette was the mayor from 1914–1925, more recent mayors included Ed Shultz, Charles McConnell, Jesse L. Boucher, James Allen, M. A. Gleason, Jr. Johnny D. Herrington, a brother-in-law of Boucher, James Curtis Smith, and Carroll Breaux, Breaux, an Independent, is the first non-Democrat to serve as Springhill mayor. He unseated Herrington, 973-782, in the blanket primary held on September 30,2006. Springhills close association with the industry began in 1896 with the arrival of the Pine Woods Lumber Company. Springhill prospered from timber and for a time was a boomtown, the Pine Woods Lumber Company went out of business during the Great Depression, and the population of Springhill dwindled. The Pine Woods Lumber Company facility was purchased by the Frost Lumber Company, the Springhill Lumber Company later became Anthony Forest Products, which remained in Springhill until 1972. The most significant local economic force, however, was the establishment of a pulp paper mill in 1937 by International Paper Company. The construction of the mill greatly expanded the regional economic importance of Springhill. Though technically within the town of Cullen just south of Springhill, in 1979, International Paper closed the paper mill, which along with a significant general downturn in the petroleum industry caused a deterioration of the local economy. Though the paper closed, International Paper maintained its wood products. During 2006–2007, IP sold the wood products plant to its rival, Georgia Pacific. The container division, often called the box plant, remains the last remnant of International Paper in Springhill, a new plant in north Springhill is Tucker Lumber Company, a sawmill, crosstie trimming, and end-plate facility

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Country music
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Country music is a genre of United States popular music that originated in the southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the genre of United States, such as folk music. Blues modes have been used throughout its recorded history. The term country music is used today to many styles and subgenres. In 2009 country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute, immigrants to the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America brought the music and instruments of Europe and Africa along with them for nearly 300 years. Country music was introduced to the world as a Southern phenomenon, Bristol, Tennessee, has been formally recognized by the U. S. Congress as the Birthplace of Country Music, based on the historic Bristol recording sessions of 1927. Since 2014, the city has been home to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, historians have also noted the influence of the less-known Johnson City sessions of 1928 and 1929, and the Knoxville sessions of 1929 and 1930. Prior to these, pioneer settlers, in the Great Smoky Mountains region, had developed a musical heritage. The first generation emerged in the early 1920s, with Atlantas music scene playing a role in launching countrys earliest recording artists. Okeh Records began issuing hillbilly music records by Fiddlin John Carson as early as 1923, followed by Columbia Records in 1924, many hillbilly musicians, such as Cliff Carlisle, recorded blues songs throughout the 1920s. The most important was the Grand Ole Opry, aired starting in 1925 by WSM in Nashville, during the 1930s and 1940s, cowboy songs, or Western music, which had been recorded since the 1920s, were popularized by films made in Hollywood. Bob Wills was another musician from the Lower Great Plains who had become very popular as the leader of a hot string band. His mix of country and jazz, which started out as dance hall music, Wills was one of the first country musicians known to have added an electric guitar to his band, in 1938. Country musicians began recording boogie in 1939, shortly after it had played at Carnegie Hall. Gospel music remained a component of country music. It became known as honky tonk, and had its roots in Western swing and the music of Mexico. By the early 1950s a blend of Western swing, country boogie, rockabilly was most popular with country fans in the 1950s, and 1956 could be called the year of rockabilly in country music. Beginning in the mid-1950s, and reaching its peak during the early 1960s, the late 1960s in American music produced a unique blend as a result of traditionalist backlash within separate genres

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Toby Keith
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Toby Keith Covel is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. The song has received three million spins since its release, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated, signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 1998, Keith released his breakthrough single How Do You Like Me Now. that year. This song, the track to his 1999 album of the same name, was the number one country song of 2000. His next three albums, Pull My Chain, Unleashed, and Shockn Yall, produced three number ones each, and all of the albums were certified 4x Platinum. A second Greatest Hits package followed in 2004, and after that, when DreamWorks closed in 2005, Keith founded the label Show Dog Nashville, which merged with Universal South Records to become Show Dog-Universal Music in December 2009. Overall, Keith has released seventeen albums, two Christmas albums, and four compilation albums. He has also charted sixty-one singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including twenty number one hits and his longest-lasting number one hits are Beer for My Horses and As Good as I Once Was, at six weeks each. He has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide, Keith was born in Clinton, Oklahoma, the son of Carolyn Joan and Hubert K. Covel, Jr. and is of English ancestry. He has a sister and a brother, the family lived in Fort Smith, Arkansas, for a few years when Keith was in grade school, but moved to Moore, Oklahoma when he was still young. Before the family moved to Moore, he visited his grandmother in Fort Smith during the summers and his grandmother owned Billie Garners Supper Club in Fort Smith, where Keith became interested in the musicians who came there to play. He did odd jobs around the club and started getting up on the bandstand to play with the band. He got his first guitar at the age of eight, after the family moved to Moore, Keith attended Highland West Junior High and Moore High School, where he played defensive end on the football team. Keith graduated from Moore High School and worked as a hand in the oil fields. He worked his way up to become an operation manager, at times, he would have to leave in the middle of a concert if he was paged to work in the oil field. Keith played defensive end for the 1980 Oklahoma Sooners but never saw the field before dropping out to play football in OKC. In 1982, the oil industry in Oklahoma began a rapid decline and he fell back on his football training and played defensive end with the semi-pro Oklahoma City Drillers while continuing to perform with his band. He then returned to once again on music. His family and friends were doubtful he would succeed, but, in 1984, Easy Money began playing the honky tonk circuit in Oklahoma and Texas

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Capitol Records
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Capitol Records, LLC is an American record label which operates as a division of the Capitol Music Group. The label was founded as the first West Coast-based record label in the United States in 1942 by three industry insiders named Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva and Glenn Wallichs, in 1955, the label was acquired by the British music conglomerate EMI as its North American subsidiary. EMI was later acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012 and was merged with the company in 2013, making Capitol Records, Capitol Records circular headquarter building located in Los Angeles is a recognized landmark of California. Mercer first raised the idea of starting a company while golfing with Harold Arlen. By 1941, Mercer was a songwriter and a singer with multiple successful releases. Mercer next suggested the idea to Wallichs while visiting his record store, Wallichs expressed interest in the idea and the pair negotiated an agreement whereby Mercer would run the company and identify their artists, while Wallichs managed the business side. On February 2,1942, Mercer and Wallichs met with DeSylva at a Hollywood restaurant to inquire about the possibility of investment of the company from Paramount Pictures, while DeSylva declined the proposal, he handed the pair a check worth $15,000. On March 27,1942, the three men incorporated as Liberty Records, in May 1942, the application was amended to change the companys name to Capitol Records. On April 6,1942, Mercer supervised Capitols first recording session where Martha Tilton recorded the song Moon Dreams, on May 5, Bobby Sherwood and his orchestra recorded two tracks in the studio. On May 21, Freddie Slack and his orchestra recorded three tracks in the studio, one with the orchestra, one with Ella Mae Morse called Cow-Cow Boogie, on June 4,1942, Capitol opened its first office in a second-floor room south of Sunset Boulevard. On that same day, Wallichs presented the companys first free record to Los Angeles disc jockey Peter Potter, on June 5,1942, Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra recorded four songs at the studio. On June 12, the recorded five more songs in the studio. On June 11, Tex Ritter recorded Jingle Jangle Jingle and Goodbye My Little Cherokee for his first Capitol recording session, and the songs formed Capitols 110th produced record. 133 - Get On Board Little Chillun - July 31,1942 - is a Freddie Slack/Ella Mae Morse/Mellowaires recording that might be the first rock n roll record and she has sometimes been called the first rock n roll singer. A good example is her 1942 recording of song which, with strong gospel, blues, boogie. Bone Walker recorded Mean Old World a pioneering example of the use of electric guitar. The earliest recording artists included co-owner Mercer, Whiteman, Tilton, Morse, Margaret Whiting, Jo Stafford, the Pied Pipers, Johnnie Johnston, Tex Ritter, Capitols first gold single was Morses Cow Cow Boogie in 1942. Capitols first album was Capitol Presents Songs By Johnny Mercer, a three 78-rpm disc set with recordings by Mercer, Stafford and the Pied Pipers, all with Westons Orchestra

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The Hollywood Squares
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The Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The show piloted on NBC in 1965, and the series debuted in 1966 on the same network. The board for the game is a 3 ×3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The stars are asked questions by the host, and the judge the truth of their answers to gain squares in the right pattern to win the game. The shows writers usually supplied the jokes, in addition, the stars were given the questions subjects and bluff answers prior to the show. The show was scripted in this sense, but the gameplay was not, in 2013, TV Guide ranked it at No.7 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever. Internationally, there are multiple versions under a variety of names, although there have been variations over the years in the rules of and the prizes in the game, certain aspects of the game have remained fairly consistent. Two contestants competed in match, one playing X and the other O. One of the contestants was usually a returning champion, taking turns, each contestant selected a square. The star was asked a question and gave an answer, which was preceded by a zinger. The contestants had the choice of agreeing with the answer or disagreeing if they thought the star was bluffing. On rare occasions, a star would not know the answer to a question. In such instances, the contestant would be offered the chance to answer the question, usually the contestants declined, in which case they incurred no penalty and the same star was asked another question. The objective was to complete a line across, vertically, or diagonally or to score as many squares as possible, correctly agreeing or disagreeing with a stars answer captured the square. If the contestant failed to agree or disagree correctly, the square went to his/her opponent, bert Parks hosted the 1965 pilot of Hollywood Squares. NBC acquired the rights to the show, which debuted on October 17,1966 with Peter Marshall as host, Hollywood Squares was the final addition to a short-lived game show powerhouse block on NBC, which for the next two years also included Concentration, Jeopardy. Lets Make a Deal, Match Game and others, during most of its daytime run, NBC broadcast The Hollywood Squares at 11,30 a. m. Central, it dominated the ratings until 1976, when it made the first of several time slot moves, the daytime show aired its 3536th and last episode on June 20,1980

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KFC
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Kentucky Fried Chicken, more commonly known by its initials KFC, is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, it is the worlds second-largest restaurant chain after McDonalds, the chain is a subsidiary of Yum. Brands, a restaurant company that owns the Pizza Hut. KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his restaurant in Corbin. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurant franchising concept, and the first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened in Utah in 1952, KFC popularized chicken in the fast food industry, diversifying the market by challenging the established dominance of the hamburger. By branding himself as Colonel Sanders, Harland became a prominent figure of American cultural history, however, the companys rapid expansion overwhelmed the aging Sanders and he sold it to a group of investors led by John Y. Brown Jr. and Jack C. KFC was one of the first American fast food chains to expand internationally, opening outlets in Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Jamaica by the mid-1960s. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, it experienced mixed fortunes domestically, in the early-1970s, KFC was sold to the spirits distributor Heublein, which was taken over by the R. J. Reynolds food and tobacco conglomerate, that sold the chain to PepsiCo. The chain continued to expand overseas, however, and in 1987 and it has since expanded rapidly in China, which is now the companys single largest market. PepsiCo spun off its restaurants division as Tricon Global Restaurants, which changed its name to Yum. KFCs original product is fried chicken pieces, seasoned with Sanders recipe of 11 herbs. The constituents of the recipe represent a notable trade secret, larger portions of fried chicken are served in a cardboard bucket, which has become a well known feature of the chain since it was first introduced by franchisee Pete Harman in 1957. KFC is known for its former and current slogan Finger Lickin Good, Harland Sanders was born in 1890 and raised on a farm outside Henryville, Indiana. When Sanders was five years old, his father died, forcing his mother to work at a canning plant and this left Sanders, as the eldest son, to care for his two younger siblings. After he reached seven years of age, his mother taught him how to cook, after leaving the family home at the age of 13, Sanders passed through several professions, with mixed success. In 1930, he took over a Shell filling station on US Route 25 just outside North Corbin, Kentucky and it was here that he first served to travelers the recipes that he had learned as a child, fried chicken and other dishes such as steaks and country ham. After four years of serving from his own dining table, Sanders purchased the larger filling station on the other side of the road

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Fast food
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Fast food is a type of mass-produced food that is prepared and served very quickly. The food is typically less nutritionally valuable compared to other foods, Fast food restaurants are traditionally distinguished by their ability to serve food via a drive-through. Outlets may be stands or kiosks, which may provide no shelter or seating, franchise operations that are part of restaurant chains have standardized foodstuffs shipped to each restaurant from central locations. Fast food began with the first fish and chip shops in Britain in the 1860s, drive-through restaurants were first popularized in the 1950s in the United States. The term fast food was recognized in a dictionary by Merriam–Webster in 1951, according to the National Institutes of Health, fast foods are quick alternatives to home-cooked meals. They are also high in saturated fat, sugar, salt, Eating too much fast food has been linked to, among other things, colorectal cancer, obesity and high cholesterol. The traditional family dinner is increasingly being replaced by the consumption of takeaway, as a result, the time invested on food preparation is getting lower and lower, with an average couple in the United States spending 47 minutes and 19 seconds per day on food preparation in 2013. The concept of ready-cooked food for sale is closely connected with urban development, homes in emerging cities often lacked adequate space or proper food preparation accouterments. Additionally, procuring cooking fuel could cost as much as purchased produce, frying foods in vats of searing oil proved as dangerous as it was expensive, and homeowners feared that a rogue cooking fire might easily conflagrate an entire neighborhood. Thus, urbanites were encouraged to purchase pre-prepared meats or starches, such as bread or noodles, in Ancient Rome, cities had street stands - a large counter with a receptacle in the middle from which food or drink would have been served. It was during post-WWII American economic boom that Americans began to more and buy more as the economy boomed. As a result of this new desire to have it all, coupled with the strides made by women while the men were away, Eating out, which had previously been considered a luxury, became a common occurrence, and then a necessity. Workers, and working families, needed quick service and inexpensive food for lunch and dinner. This need is what drove the phenomenal success of the early fast food giants, Fast food became an easy option for a busy family, as is the case for many families today. In the mornings, bread soaked in wine was eaten as a snack and cooked vegetables and stews later in popina. In Asia, 12th century Chinese scarfed down fried dough, soups and their Baghdadi contemporaries supplemented home-cooked meals with processed legumes, purchased starches, and even ready-to-eat meats. As in Roman cities during antiquity, many of these establishments catered to those who did not have means to cook their own food, unlike richer town dwellers, many often could not afford housing with kitchen facilities and thus relied on fast food. Travelers, as well, such as en route to a holy site, were among the customers

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International Paper
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The International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company, the largest such company in the world. It has approximately 65,000 employees, and it is headquartered in Memphis, the company was incorporated January 31,1898, upon the merger of 18 pulp and paper mills in the northeastern United States. Its founders and first two presidents were William Augustus Russell, who died suddenly in January 1899, and Hugh J. Chisholm, the newly formed company supplied 60 percent of all newsprint in the country. The Hudson River Mill in Corinth, New York, where the Sacandaga River joins the Hudson River, was a pioneer in the development of the modern paper industry in the late 19th century. The first wood-based paper mill in New York, it was built by Albrecht Pagenstecher in 1869, after World War II, Hudson River Mill workers developed and perfected the production of coated papers for the company. Shifting economic forces resulted in the closure in November 2002. The historic mill was slated for demolition in 2011, given the nature of their products, paper plants are highly flammable. Therefore, International Paper Company frequently used asbestos insulation in its walls and floors, roof, as a result, many former employees of International Paper are being diagnosed with mesothelioma. In 1987, the paper mill workers went on strike at a number of its U. S. plants. In 1996, it purchased Federal Paper Board, in 1999, the company purchased Union Camp Corporation, and in 2000 Champion International Paper. Additionally, it shares in the Chilean company Copec. Paper Mills Rajahmundry, which is now an International Paper company, is one of the biggest integrated paper, the company produces writing, printing, and copier papers and paper boards for foreign and domestic markets. APPMs production facilities are two mills in Rajahmundry and Kadiam with a production capacity of 240,000 TPA. International Paper owns a majority interest in APPM, and the shares are publicly traded on the Bombay. In 2012, International Paper, through the merger of its wholly owned subsidiary Metal Acquisition Inc. with and into Temple-Inland, Temple-Inland then became a wholly owned subsidiary of International Paper. At the time of sale, Temple-Inlands corrugated packaging operation consisted of 7 mills and 59 converting facilities as well as the products operation. The coated paper business were sold to Apollo Management and now operate as Verso Paper, the kraft paper business was sold to Kapstone Paper and Packaging and operates as Kapstone Kraft Paper. The beverage packaging business, now called Evergreen Packaging, was purchased by Carter Holt Harvey, the company sold its wood products division to West Fraser Timber, based in Vancouver, British Columbia

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Plain Dealing, Louisiana
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Plain Dealing is a town in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,015 at the 2010 census and it is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Plain Dealing name became official when the town was chartered on April 24,1890. Notable points of more recent history include the following, Plain Dealing recorded the states hottest temperature ever,114 °F, the Plain Dealing Post newspaper was established in the 1980s by publisher Danny D. Scott of nearby Springhill. The Bossier Parish minimum security prison is located in Plain Dealing, Plain Dealing is located in northern Bossier Parish at 32°54′21″N 93°42′0″W. It is 8 miles south of the Arkansas border and 31 miles north of Shreveport. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 1.6 square miles, of which 0.004 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,071 people,418 households, the population density was 673.0 people per square mile. There were 481 housing units at a density of 302.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 55. 28% White,42. 67% African American,0. 65% Native American,0. 09% Asian, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 47% of the population. 29. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.95. In the town, the population was out with 25. 7% under the age of 18,7. 4% from 18 to 24,22. 8% from 25 to 44,22. 3% from 45 to 64. The median age was 40 years, for every 100 females there were 81.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.9 males, the median income for a household in the town was $24,706, and the median income for a family was $32,361. Males had an income of $32,132 versus $25,455 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,906, about 23. 6% of families and 26. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34. 9% of those under age 18 and 20. 4% of those age 65 or over. When she died in 1958 in Shreveport, she was listed as the oldest descendant of President Washington, mollies first husband, Robert Houston Curry, was from 1888 to 1892 a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Bossier Parish. He was wounded in the Second Battle of Manassas in 1862 in the American Civil War

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Bossier Parish, Louisiana
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Bossier Parish is a parish located in the U. S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,979, the principal city is Bossier City, which is located east of the Red River from Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish. The parish was formed in 1843 from the portion of Claiborne Parish. Bossier Parish is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Shreveport–Bossier City–Minden Combined Statistical Area, Lake Bistineau and Lake Bistineau State Park are included in parts of Bossier and neighboring Webster and Bienville parishes. Loggy Bayou flows south from Lake Bistineau in southern Bossier Parish, traverses western Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish is named for Pierre Bossier, a 19th-century Louisiana state senator and U. S. representative from Natchitoches Parish. Bossier Parish was spared fighting on its soil during the American Civil War, Bossier Parish is governed by a 12-member elected body, the Bossier Parish Police Jury. Eddy Shell, a prominent Bossier City educator, served on the jury from 1992 until his death in 2008. Since 1952, George Wallace, the governor of Alabama running in 1968 on the American Independent Party ticket, is the only non-Republican to have carried Bossier Parish. Senator John S. McCain of Arizona won in Bossier Parish with 32,713 votes over the Democrat Barack H. Obama of Illinois, in 2012, Mitt Romney polled 34,988 votes in Bossier Parish, or 2,275 more ballots than McCain drew in 2008. President Obama trailed in Bossier Parish with 12,956 votes, or 253 more votes than he had received in 2008, In 2011, whittington, as sheriff to succeed the long-term Larry Deen, a Democrat who later re-registered as a Republican. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the parish has an area of 867 square miles. Four miles east of Bossier City is Barksdale Air Force Base, future Interstate 69 Interstate 20 Interstate 220 U. S. Highway 71 U. S. Highway 79 U. S. The population density was 142 people per square mile, there were 49,000 housing units at an average density of 48 per square mile. 8. 15% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,22. 90% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the family size was 3.09. In the parish the population was out with 28. 00% under the age of 18,9. 70% from 18 to 24,30. 50% from 25 to 44,21. 30% from 45 to 64. The median age was 34 years, for every 100 females there were 96.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males, the median income for a household in the parish was $39,203, and the median income for a family was $45,542